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Cameron Alabama Plantation, Greene County, Alabama

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Biography

In 1844 Duncan Cameron and son Paul C. Cameron gather slaves from their North Carolina plantations to send them to Alabama. In 1845 Duncan Cameron completed his purchase of 1674 and 59/100 acres in Green Co, AL.[1] This new property was to be a cotton plantation.

After the Civil War was over these slaves were emancipated. Paul C. Cameron, through his nephew Thomas Roulhac, began to sell portions of his plantation land. Many of those previously enslaved chose to stay, and some were able to purchase some of this land for themselves. One of those who first purchased property was Sandy Cameron. Brothers Paul and Jim Hargis also purchased some of the Cameron property that they had been enslaved on.[2]

Slaves

The 1844 list of slaves to go to Alabama.[3]

boys

women

girls

children

The 1844 slaves of P.C.Cameron to go to Alabama

Undated list of slaves left in Alabama.[4]

For more information see The Bennehan-Cameron Plantations page

Sources

  1. ↑ Deed: "Deeds, 1820-1901; index, 1819-1906"
    Catalog: Deeds, 1820-1901; index, 1819-1906 Deeds v. M (p. 431-end)-N 1842-1845
    Film number: 008193653 > image 642 of 794
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 23 February 2022)
    • 1845 Greene Co, AL Deed Bk N p.723
  2. ↑ Nathans, Sydney. A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland. United States: Harvard University Press, 2017.
    • p.142
  3. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133
    • Folder 3658, Volume 120: October 1844-March 1845 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. ↑ Cameron Family Papers https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00133/#folder_2044#1
    • Folder 2044, (digitized 82 scans) Slave Lists, undated image 42 Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.




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